The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-04-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

foreign coal is being used in the Phil
adeiphia gas works. The imported
materia! is the Scotch camel which
is used in connection with Pennsylvania
coal to enrich the gas.
1t is now recommended to boil
shingles intended for : roof in solu-
ton of lime and salt. 1t is claimed
that it adds good many years to the
usefulness of the shingles, by preventing
them from decaying. -NationoI VicW.
-Singing-birds are musicians, and
no other musicians can equal them in
harmony. Hardly can we decide which
has the advantage-the lark, the black
bird, the throstle or the nightingale.
ION feathery wing they freely rove
And wake with harmony the grove"
The milk supply of Bridgeport,
Conn, was recently investigated with
the following discouraging results: OF
siXty-two samples only twelve were OF
undoubted purity. The rest showed
presence of added water, or foreign
substance to initiate cream or increased
density, or were simply skinned"
The other day q horse in Irwin
County, Ga, was bitten on the nose by
a rattlesnake. He was at once dosed
with sweet milk and alum, and then
three bottles of turpentine were heated
and the mouths of the bottles placed in
succession over the part bitten. 1t is
said that the green poison could be
plainly seen as it was being drawn into
| the bottles. The horse recovered.
"A party of three hunters who were
out after deer in Tehama County, Cal,
a short time ago, found while following
trail that they were in turn being fol-
lowed by gang of six of seven noun
tain lions. They quickly beat retreat,
but the lions followed till they had
nearly reached home, sometimes COM
ing within a rod or two of the party,
but retreating at shot.
"A French physician of large ex-
perience remarked the other day that
when he began the practice of medicine
he was worried because people put so
little confidence in him, and now he was
troubled because they trusted his judg-
ment so implicitly. He seemed to think
that to be thought infallible was far
more burdensome than to have ones
fallibility emphasized as in his younger
days. He now recognizes the limitation
of medical science.
The London Acaden,y says: ''Noth-
ing" says George Elliott, sis more de-
structive to friendship than difference
of tastes in jokes, but difference of
taste in novels is nearly as apt to poison
affection. l have acquaintance to
whom dare not mention Thackeray,
others with whom 'Huckleberry Finn
/ is taboced subject, and one who does
not like 'Pickwickr The peace can not
possibly be kept with some otherwise
excellent men when these apples of
literary discord are thrown on the
table"
! In recent lecture Mrs. A. NJ
Beecher said: "Where is woman's place
in the world? Where is it not9 Where
wrong is to be righted; where evil is to
be overcome; where ignorance is to b9
enlightened; where inspiration is to
| flash light upon darkness; where intui-
ton is to point the way; where spirit is
to interpret the letter; where endurance
is demanded; where sympathy is to heal;
where love is to rule; where God is to
speak; aye, where hand, or head, or
heart can achieve-there let woman be,
for it is her place. Chicago Tribune.
"A Boston newspaper tells how
thoroughly the young women of the
Hub enjoy the Shelley readings and APP
preciate the poetry. "Go thou to Rome"
began the reader. Don't l wish I
could was the remark of member
81 think those lines are delightful, don't
you?" "He goes right to the heart"
After long silence in the corner, while
the melodious voice of the reader seemed
to bring a forgetfulness of all earthly
things to the club. Say" whispered
a young lady, isn't he lovelyP"" Who,
the reader?" No" ''Shelley?" "Why,
no; that young man with the primrose
necktie. I'm just longing TO know him.
He's a daisy. ~ Y SUM-